Forged in Ice

The Climax?

Last we left off, our intrepid party found themselves drawn through a mysterious black portal in pursuit of an elven woman whose footprints led into the swirling darkness. After experiencing an otherworldly transit through the void—witnessing masked figures and a flaming comet that stirred forgotten memories in Tupolo of his tragic past as an astrologer—they emerged in the heart of a demon-infested swamp. Before them stood the ruins of an ancient elvish sanctuary, dominated by an imposing castle surrounded by hundreds of hostile forces preparing for war.   Using cunning disguises and magical deception, the party navigated through the treacherous settlement, avoiding sleeping demons and invisible tripwires while discovering ancestral connections between Sylrie and this cursed place. Their infiltration of the Dewhold family castle led them through enchanted corridors and past animated guardian statues, deeper into a labyrinth of family secrets and dark magic. Along the way, they battled a monstrous frog-like creature and uncovered disturbing research notes about dangerous experiments involving star power and an entity called Ashuran—research that Tupolo's own master had been involved in centuries ago.   The party's descent into the castle's depths culminated in a horrifying discovery: Sylrie's sister Joanna, imprisoned for twenty years in a chamber of nightmares ruled by a mind flayer and its demonic allies. When the aberration demanded Tupolo's lost journals and a mysterious poison in exchange for Joanna's freedom, combat erupted in spectacular fashion. Now, with Joanna finally freed from her magical prison but a ticking bomb embedded in her chest, and both Sylrie and Tansy stunned by the mind flayer's devastating psychic assault, our heroes face their most desperate moment yet as time runs out and the true scope of Ashuran's sinister plan begins to unfold...

The End of the Tale?

Last we left off, our intrepid party found themselves drawn into the dark machinations of the Dewhold family when they accompanied Sylrie to her ancestral manor. What began as a tense family reunion quickly devolved into something far more sinister when Sylrie's father, Roris, revealed the family's true nature - their alliance with demonic forces and their plans to eliminate those they deemed "inconsequential" using a cursed dagger and poison jar.   The confrontation escalated dramatically when Roris attempted to magically compel Sylrie and spoke openly of assimilating the party members. Outside the manor, mysterious robed figures stood guard, but Tupolo's magical bean summoned forth a mighty treant named Bungus, who brought allies Ungus and Rungus to aid in the battle. Meanwhile, inside the banquet hall, Sylrie faced her mother's demand to "let him in" - to accept an entity into her mind - a request she defiantly refused despite threats against her sister Joanna.   The battle that followed was nothing short of legendary. Tansy delivered a devastating five-attack combination that sent Roris flying through a bloody fountain, dealing a killing blow while declaring "My friend deserves a better father than you ." Though Sylrie's mother escaped through a magical gate, the party systematically eliminated the remaining threats, with Pomplin's Green-Flame Blade striking down both the butler Gerard and an Obllex creature in a single spectacular blow. Now, having discovered the family's secret treasure vault with its ominous active portal, our heroes find themselves in possession of powerful magical artifacts but facing the unsettling reality that their troubles with the Dewhold family - and the demonic forces they serve - are far from over...

A Tarnished Home

Last we left off, our intrepid party had uncovered a horrifying conspiracy beneath the seemingly innocent windmill. What began as an investigation into recent demon attacks revealed a far more sinister plot - a network of underground laboratories where the dead were being transformed into undead demons through dark necromancy and planar magic. After a brutal battle with a regenerating Demetica demon and the destruction of a crucial teleportation circle, they thought they had struck a decisive blow against this evil network.   However, their journey to Elodream, the elven capital, brought new revelations that struck much closer to home. Sylrie's reluctant return to her family's manor - a place she hadn't seen in twenty years - led to the discovery of another teleportation circle hidden in her own family's basement. The presence of demonic research materials, a grotesque scrying eye, and her sister's enchanting journals painted a disturbing picture of how deep this conspiracy truly ran. The party managed to sever another link in the demonic network, but questions about Sylrie's family's involvement - willing or otherwise - began to mount.   Now, as Tupolo collides with Sylrie's gaunt and intimidating father at the basement entrance, the party finds themselves in perhaps their most precarious position yet. With evidence of dark magic literally beneath their feet and a family patriarch whose condescending demeanor suggests he knows far more than he's letting on, our heroes must navigate the treacherous waters of elven nobility while uncovering the truth about this demonic conspiracy. The answers they seek may come at a cost none of them are prepared to pay...

The Corpse Hall and Home